Tube-compressing device.



C. L. MGGLELLAN.

TUBE COMPRESSING DEVICE.

AlPLIGATION FILED APR.8,191 1.

Patented July 23, 1912.

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CLARENCE L. MGCLELLAN, OF ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS.

TUBE-COMPRESSING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE L. Mo- CLELLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aransas Pass, in the county of San Patricio and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tube-Compressing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an attachment for a bathing apparatus, and more particularly to the class of tube compressing devices.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character in which the water flow may be cont-rolled through a siphon tube from a water recep tacle, when used with a shower or bathing device.

Another object of the invent-ion is the provision of a tube compressing device which may be conveniently packed and stored within a small space, when not in use, thereby making it useful for persons traveling.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture.

The device is designed to be used in combination wit-h a suitable water receptacle, a siphon, a water spray or other device, and a waste water sheet, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bathing apparatus, showing the device constructed in accordance with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of a water receptacle, such as a pitcher, showing the siphon tube supported thereon, with the'device applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View through the tube compressing device.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, there is shown a Water-proof or rubber sheet 10, having secured at its corners in any suitable manner the ends of loop-like handles 11 which permit the carrying of the sheet when burdened with a quantity of water used for bathing purposes, it being seen that upon raising the sheet by the handles 11, the waste water caught therein will be held thereby and readily emptied. This sheet Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 8, 1911.

Patented July 23,1912.

Serial. No. 619,756.

10 is spread upon the floor or other foundation, so as to overlie a strap 12 of the ordinary well-known construction, the same being arranged in a ring-like manner beneath the sheet, so that the latter will form a waste Water depository, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

At the required elevation above the sheet 10, and to one side of the same, is suitably supported an ordinary water pitcher 14 forming a water receptacle, the same having the usual handle 15, to which is attached the tube compressing device, presently de scribed.

The tube compressing device comprises an arcuate-shaped base 17 having near opposite ends hook-like supporting ears 18, in which is engaged a flexible siphon tube 19, one end of which extends into the pitcher 14, the base 17 being formed with a central extension 20 which is provided with spring fingers 21, the latter detachably embracing the handle 15 of the said pitcher 14 for the mounting of the device thereon, as shown in Fig. l of the drawing.

Loosely connected to the base 17 as a lever 22, one end of which is loosely connected, at 23, to the said base, and this lever is adapted to overlie the tube 19 to compress the same, and when in this position will be brought into locked position with a hooklike keeper, lip or tongue 24 struck out from the extension 20 on the base. This lever is normally thrown out of engagement with the tube 19, so that water may siphon therethrough from the pitcher for bathing purposes.

Detachably engaged in the remaining end of the siphon tube 19 is a shower attachment, comprising a flexible neck yoke or loop 29, the same being provided with suitable perforations to permit the water to be discharged therefrom, when placed about the neck of a person.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood, without requiring a more extended explanation. v

What is claimed is: I

A tube support, comprising an arcuately shaped plate having a medial resilient clip extension at one edge adapted for detachable engagement with a support, outturned hook-like ears projecting from one edge of In testimony whereof I alfix my signature the plate near opposite ends thereof, an out- 1 in presence of tWo Witnesses. struck keeper tongue on the said extension,

and a lever hinged to the plate in alinernent CLARENCE MOGLELLAN' ,With the extension and engageable in the Witnesses:-

keeper tongue for contracting a tube to cut M. C. BILLINGS,

off the fluid supply therethrough. O C. MOLEOD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eachQ by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

